other children living in the late 1800's. Children of this era bore a sense of.
fear of some authority figures since the way children were treated then.
was much less civilized compared to a modern childhood. Instances such.
as Alice's fall down the rabbit hole, in itself doesn't seems to violent, but.
carries with it a fear of a violent crash. Also, while jammed inside the white.
rabbits house, Alice kicks poor Bill the lizard up the chimney and launches.
him high into the air. The most memorable scene of violence took place.
when Alice came upon the Duchess's kitchen, where she found the cook.
chucking fire irons, saucepans and plates at the Duchess and her.
newborn child all the while, the Duchess orders the pan-flinging cook to.
decapitate Alice. Also, the Duchess sings a deadly lullaby in which the.
lyrics suggested punishment for sneezing and tosses her child up and.
down quite violently then hurls it at Alice. Another example of the.
violence in this novel would have to be when the well known, terrible.
Queen of Hearts yells, "Off with her head!". There is no evidence that.
these references are related to any exact situation in Alice Liddell's life,.
but from what we know of common life in the 1800's, she must have.
associated aspects of her life with violence.
Growing up in the Victorian era was considerably difficult. Society.
was determined to teach the proper rules of behavior and conduct.
There wasn't a moment in the day when young ladies weren't corrected.
on their posture and manners. Charles portrayed how Alice saw her.
teachings through over exaggerated animal - like characters. Many of.
these creatures treated her like she was a young, absent minded fool. For .
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example, when the Lory claimed, "I"m older than you, and must know.
better!". Then, when Alice asked exactly how old the Lory was, she vainly.
refuses to tell. Another re-occurring line was to warn Alice to keep her.
temper. This was delivered by not only the crab after the mouse goes off.
